Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to reform the city's scandal-ridden red light camera program. Challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia says if he's elected, he'll end it "on day one." If this were a game show, the host might take this moment to ask, "Is that your final answer?"

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia will have plenty of company as they prep for an April 7 showdown. Roughly one-third of Chicago's wards are headed for City Council runoffs — more than the city saw in 2011. That magic number of...

Two weeks ago in this space, we laid out the case for re-electing Mayor Rahm Emanuel. We're back now to remind you why.
We're also here to urge voters to support a strong batch of aldermanic candidates. Some of them will align with Emanuel, some of them...

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That question has become something of a tradition here when the Editorial Board seeks out the views of candidates in each election cycle. We ask them what they think about the hot issues of...

Nearly 50 candidates for the Chicago City Council have signed a pledge to work for the removal of red light and speed cameras.
On Tuesday, when the Tribune hosts the first mayoral debate of the 2015 campaign, Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be the only...

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City officials would have to hold community meetings and provide evidence that red light ticket cameras would make specific intersections safer before they could install the devices going forward under a plan that also would establish standard lengths for yellow lights across Chicago.
Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th, and Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, want to require that all intersections in the city equipped with the cameras have so-called "countdown" pedestrian-control signals so people driving toward a green light...

A City Council panel on Tuesday endorsed a measure to make doing business tougher for landlords who don't maintain smoke detectors, provide adequate heat or comply with other safety requirements in their buildings.
The Budget and Zoning committees recommended approval of the ordinance, proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as his administration prepares to publish a list of "bad landlords" who repeatedly fail to provide basic services and have been found liable for two or more violations within a two-year...

The Chicago City Council's last meeting of the year Wednesday is expected to include approval of revised taxi regulations, delay on a controversial ethanol requirement and the settlement of more than $13 million in lawsuits arising from wrongful prosecutions and discriminatory firefighter fitness testing.
Other measures to be filed for consideration next year include a city code amendment backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that would require many larger housing developers to spend more money on affordable...

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Chicago aldermen gave preliminary approval Monday to a plan that would make it tougher for a business to be reopened at a spot where there have been past problems with illegal activities.
The city also would be able to more quickly bring in the owner of a store where residents have reported problems like drug dealing or gang activity to try to get the owner to shape up or risk losing the business license. And business operators would have greater responsibility for the activities of patrons after they...

More than 100,000 Chicago vehicle sticker scofflaws are in the sights of City Clerk Susana Mendoza, who is looking at new enforcement options like sending noncompliance tickets in the mail and booting vehicles with more than three citations.
On Tuesday, Mendoza said she hopes to bring in $5 million for the city next year by going after 100,000 to 150,000 people whose vehicles are registered in the city but don't have vehicle stickers.
One idea being considered is state legislation to allow Chicago to...

Five aldermen well-versed in Chicago's transportation issues on Wednesday called for yet another study to examine the feasibility and cost of launching high-quality airport express train service for O'Hare International Airport, Union Station and McCormick Place.
The proposal for the speedy, upscale service to be operated by Metra or Amtrak — or possibly under a public-private partnership — follows yearslong studies by the CTA and the city's transportation and aviation departments, as well...